My weekend started of with a huge BANG!
I was done early with work today and had my cheap Sony camera with me and decided to try and catch some pics...
Well I live in Florida and not a lot of action south of Tampa but the Tropicana line runs out of Bradenton thru Palmetto and on up. Anyways on that same line we have CSX running their road switchers delivering aggregates to 4 different cement companies in Palmetto. So I got lucky and then real lucky...
I am sorry I did not have my scanner so I do not know the name of this train is but we have here is a GP 40-2 and a GP 38-2 both CSX. They were bringing the aggregates to this local switcher and ....LO BEHOLD! An ALCO!
S-1 ALCO Switcher built in 1941 going strong!
While photographing all this I found myself talking with the engineers and got not a CAB ride but got to command this CLASS III loco in its yard!

WOwsa! I was in la la land!

What a day. Enjoy the pics sorry they are not GRANDE MAN style pics someday I will get to that level!
